The is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan. The Fukuhaku-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated membership of 60.
History The Fukuhaku-kai was registered as a designated yakuza organization under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in 2000."10 years from the enforcement of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law" , March 2002, National Police Agency,
Condition The Fukuhaku-kai is one of the five independent designated yakuza syndicates based in Fukuoka Prefecture, along with the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Dojin-kai and the Kyushu Seido-kai."Retrospection and Outlook of Crime Measure", p.15 , Masahiro Tamura, 2009, National Police Agency These northern-Kyushu based organizations, excluding the Kyushu Seido-kai, have formed an anti-Yamaguchi-gumi fraternal federation known as the Yonsha-kai. The Fukuhaku-kai has never been a member of this federation,The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition : "The funeral of the Fourth Kudo-kai Honorary Adviser Hideo Mizoshita" (p.193), 1 February 2009, Mediax, however has caused at least one conflict with the Yamaguchi-gumi, which involved firearms, in 2004."Boryokudan Situation in 2004" (p.10) , April 2005, National Police Agency
Territory
The Fukuhaku-kai has been in conflict with four different Yamaguchi-affiliates over the concessions of Nakasu, the largest red-light district in Kyushu, and also with the Dojin-kai and Kudo-kai over their attempts to enter the same territory."Crime Situation of Fukuoka Prefecture" (p.17), 2006, Fukuoka Prefecture
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